Might mean (unverified): Showing contempt or disrespect; derogatory.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (despective)

adjective:  Disparaging, derogatory; looking down upon.
noun:  (linguistics) A disparaging/derogatory word or form of a word; a word or form indicative of the speaker's tendency to look down on the referent.

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